The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1887-11-25

Minister Green fntfrnated that the reply
to Rep. PaehaOle's question, a. TO what
disposition had been made OF the sum Of
$171 ,607 %, was contained IN his last re-
port on the disposition OF the loan fund to
November 1, 1857. He then went into a
detailed explanation Of the disposal Of the
loan fund, IN the course OF which he stated
that the total amount Of bonds cancelled
from April LIST TO October 31st was 81 ,094,-
4O3 65abOut 800, 600 more than shown IN
the previous report.
The report was referred 10 the Commit
tee on Bonds.
REPORT OF JUDICIARY COMMITTEE.
Rep. Kinney read the following report:
To the Hon. 5. G. Wilder, President OF
the Legislative AssembIy-Sir: The Judi
ciary Committee, TO whom was referred the
petition OF BIS residents OF the District Of
HanaIei, Kauai, praying that KaIaLau be
set apart as Ieper asylum for the Iepers Of
Kauai, respectfully report that your COM
nittee have carefully considered the above
petition and made inquiries as to the facts,
both from those favorable 10 the petition
and those who are not.
The most important Of the arguments
against the petition are contained IN the
able communication OF DR.. y. B. Emerson,
President Of the Board Of Health, which Is
made 4 part Of this report.
Your committee feel deeply that much
can be done outside OF the present system
70 remove the prevailing antipathies and
resistance among Hawaiians TO the efforts
Of the Government to eradicate Ieprosy,
and this without relaxing one whit the prin-
cipIe Of segregation Your committee also
feel that unless some system Is imprOvised
by which this almost national antipathy IS
largely abated and Hawaiians are them
selves brought 10 realize the contagious
nature of this disease (thus bringing public
sentiment ,among Hawaiians to the aid Of
the Government) the eradication or control
of Ieprosy viii be an almost hopeless task,
a. the people at large by careIessness and
ignorance, can propagate this disease much
faster than the Government can eradicate
it. Whether the plan Of establishing q
Ieper asylum at kalaIau, will aid in bring
ing about the needed reform, your COM
mittee Is not prepared to say upsn the facts
now before them. Therefore your COM
committee recommend that the petition in
question with this report be laid upon the
table to be carefully considered at the May
session, and that meanwhile the Minister
OF Interior ascertain what actual outlay
will be necessary to establish a settlement
at KaIaIau and TO remove by law the
healthy persons now resident there
Your committee take the liberty of throw
ing out the suggestion here that enforced
systematic instruction in the Hawaiian
public schools upon the nature OF the dis
ease, and particularly its contagious char
acter, may at an impressionable age coun-
teract and supply in some degree the want
Of home instruction on this subject Re
spectfuIly submitted,
W. i KINNEY,
Il. Z. PAEHAOLE.
CHARLES WALL.
\. JAEGER.
The report was adopted
CHINESE IMMIGRATIOS BILL.
Minister Brown asked what had become
Of the bill to regulate Chinese immigra-
ton, referred to- the Committee on Foreign
Relations on the 18th inst.
Noble Castle replied that they were not
yet ready to report upon it.
MINISTERIAL MEASURES.
Minister Thurston read the first time
bill relating to matters done by the Sow
ereign with the advice and consent Of the
Cabinet.
Minister Green read the first time a bill
to indemnify the Minister Of Finance for
certain expenses
At noon the House adjourned to 10
o'clock on Friday morning.